Senior Accountant

About Checkr
Checkr builds people infrastructure for the future of work. We've designed a faster—and fairer—way to screen job seekers. Established in 2014, Checkr puts modern technology powered by machine learning in the hands of hiring teams, helping to hire great new people with an experience that’s fast, smooth, and safe. Checkr has over 100,000 customers including DoorDash, Coinbase, Lyft, Instacart, and Airtable. 

A career at Checkr means collaborating with brilliant minds, disrupting an industry, and opening channels of employment to often overlooked candidates. Checkr is recognized on Forbes Cloud 100 2024 List and is a Y Combinator 2024 Breakthrough Company.

About the team/role

As the Senior Accountant, you will report to the Accounting Senior Manager. You will take ownership of some of our General Ledger processes, which include but are not limited to overseeing month-end close and consolidations, preparing and reviewing accrual journal entries, reconciling cash, cash equivalents and investments, partnering with budget owners and Financial Planning and Strategy (FP&S) to ensure accurate financials, and assisting in ad-hoc technical accounting research and analysis. 

What you’ll do

• Oversee the accounting month-end close and consolidation processes
• Reconcile cash and cash equivalents and estimate accruals
• Prepare monthly accounting journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations
• Assist in the evaluation and adoption of accounting standard updates, including documenting conclusions around complex and technical accounting areas (GAAP technical accounting)
• Oversee continuous process improvement projects for areas of responsibility
• Perform financial statement analysis and communicate findings to finance management
• Assist with managing the annual financial audits and monthly/quarterly reporting for board meetings.

What you bring

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, CPA qualification is strongly preferred;
• Considerable years of accounting-related work experience (Big 4 accounting experience a plus);
• Strong knowledge of Oracle Cloud (preferably);
• Experience with close management software a plus (preferably FloQast);
• Ability to work on and prioritize multiple projects while continuing to meet goals and deadlines; and
• Excellent organizational skills, customer service orientation, attention to detail, and strong written and oral communication skills.

What you’ll get

• A fast-paced and collaborative environment
• Learning and development allowance
• Competitive cash and equity compensation and opportunity for advancement
• 100% medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Up to $25K reimbursement for fertility, adoption, and parental planning services
• Flexible PTO policy
• Monthly wellness stipend, home office stipend

At Checkr, we believe a hybrid work environment strengthens collaboration, drives innovation, and encourages connection. Our hub locations are Denver, CO, San Francisco, CA, and Santiago, Chile. Individuals are expected to work from the office 2 to 3 days a week. In-office perks are provided, such as lunch four times a week, a commuter stipend, and an abundance of snacks and beverages.

One of Checkr’s core values is Transparency. To live by that value, we’ve made the decision to disclose salary ranges in all of our job postings. We use geographic cost of labor as an input to develop ranges for our roles and as such, each location where we hire may have a different range. If this role is remote, we have listed the top to the bottom of the possible range, but we will specify the target range for an exact location when you are selected for a recruiting discussion. For more information on our compensation philosophy, see our website

The base salary range for this role is $105,000 to $123,000 in Denver, CO.

Equal Employment Opportunities at Checkr

Checkr is committed to hiring talented and qualified individuals with diverse backgrounds for all of its tech, non-tech, and leadership roles. Checkr believes that the gathering and celebration of unique backgrounds, qualities, and cultures enriches the workplace.   

Checkr also welcomes the opportunity to consider qualified applicants with prior arrest or conviction records. Checkr’s commitment to diversity extends to hiring talented individuals in spite of a prior criminal history in accordance with local, state, and/or federal laws, including the San Francisco’s Fair Chance Ordinance.